Hose-clamp.



.C. JENSEN.

HOSE CLAMP. APPLICATION FILED APR.|.1916. 1 ,285,204. Patented Nov. 19, 1918 f'y]. E i mm? v I I i 1 V x a Mi l h I Zfifizgses [72 #822502" %./1% a W in w ffww CHRISTIAN JENSEN, OF BATTLE. CREEK, IOWA.

HOSE-CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented No 19, 1918.-

Application filed April 1, 1916. Serial N 0. 88,213.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN JENSEN, a citizen of Denmark, residing at Battle Creek, in the county of Ida and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hose clamps and its object is to produce a device of this class that is simple and eflicient in operation, cheap to manufacture and that is readily moved from operative to inoperative position and vice versa.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in' view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described in the following specification, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of said specification and in which- I Figure l -is a front elevation of my improved garment clamp.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same in closed or operative position, the band being eliminated.

Fig. 3 is a view the device open.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The reference numeral 1 designates the band which is made of a flexible fabric to encircle the leg of the wearer and is pro vided with a buckle 2 whereby it may be adjusted to various sizes. To the band a tape or elastic 3 is secured in anysuitable manner and the same extends through an elongated metallic loop or band 4 and to and through another elongated metallic loop or band 5 and then back in a plane parallel with itself and terminates in a loop about the first mentioned loop or band 4; the said loop or band 4 is carried at one end of a metal strip 6 and the loop or band 5 at opposite end of the same, said loop or band 5 being provided with a friction roller 7 between which and the said metal strip 6 the upper edge of the hose or other garment to be clamped is drawn. The strip 6, further, is provided with integral parallel ears 8, 8, one edge of each of which is notched similar to Fig. 2 but with as at 9 and a transverse pin 10 connects the opposite ends of said ears. pin 10 the ears 11 of an integral movable aw 12 are pivotally disposed, said jaw being formed of a single strip of material and having its free end bent inwardly or toward the strip 6 as at 13. Upon the upper side of the jaw 12 an integral sleeve lat is formed through which the longer side 15 of a locking slide extends, the shorter side of said slide being bent back parallel with said longer side and spaced away therefrom and extending outside said sleeve 14 and terminally carrying a pin 16 adapted, when the said slide is in its elevated position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, for locking engagement with the notched portion 9 of the said ears 8. About the said pin 10 the body of a spring 17 is wound, the ends thereof engagingwith the metal strip 6 and the jaw 12. hen the slide aforesaid is in raised relation the spring will simply put a tension upon the jaw 12 and serve to pre vent the accidental slide from the notched portion of the ears 8, and in this position the upper edge of the hose or other garment will be retained firmly between said jaw 12 and metallic strip 6; to release the hose the slide 15, 15 is manually moved toward the free end of the jaw 12 until the pin 16 moves out of engagement with the notched portion of the ears 8 when the spring 17 will force the jaw and connections away from the strip 6 into the position illustrated in Fig. 3 releasing the garment.

What is claimed is In a hose clamp comprising a band provided with an elastic member, a strip provided with terminal loops in engagement with said elastic member, terminally notched ears formed integral with said strip, a pin connecting said notched ears, a swinging jaw pivotally carried by said pin and formed with an inwardly bent termination for engagement with said strip, a spring carried by said pin and having its ends in engagement with the said strip and the said jaw, a sleeve carried by said swinging jaw, a slide arranged upon said jaw and having a long and a short side, the long side of said slide extending through said sleeve, the

Upon the said I displacement of said Copies of this patent may be obtained forfive eeii'te as my own I have hereto ai fixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing W1t- 10 messes.

GHRISTIAN JENSEN.

Witnesses zv GHRisT MicKELsEN, ANTON CHRISTENSEN.

each, byarlciressimg; the Commissioner oi Eateme,

Washington, D. G. 

